Today’s #TinyDeskContest entry is pure DC. Rapper Tim Hicks of the funk/hip-hop band The Cornel West Theory grabbed our attention with his new solo album Bullets and specifically the historical ode to legendary NBC4 news anchor “Jim Vance”. While on lockdown, Hicks filmed this flawless and fiery delivery of the track while accompanied by Zsameria on Hula Hoop, Zoie Bilhah Agostino Hicks on Bow & Arrow and the menacing Henok Yohannes Hicks on Nerf Gun. Hicks writes “Washington D.C. is the next untapped market for great music. It would only be right for the next winner of the NPR Tiny Desk Concert 2020 to be from the city where NPR Headquarters is based!!!”
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Podcast for January 31st, 2020
Tony sees a classic David Bowie album performed live, while Paul attends a deafening company holiday party.
Tracklisting:
Light Beams – Sacred Scales [Self Help]
Time Is Fire – We Declare [In Pieces]
The North Country – Future Humans [single]
Tim Hicks x The Dirty Church – BNARD [Bullets]
Wicked Sycamore – Break the Barrel [Wright Way Sessions Vol. 1]
Drew Beckman + The Boundary Boys – Blue Ridge Mountain Boy [Blue Horses]
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Tim Hicks x The Dirty Church – BNARD
Tim Hicks, frontman of the politically fiery hip-hop band The Cornel West Theory, is back with a new outfit called The Dirty Church and a new full length album. Bullets is a love letter to old DC, sprinkled with clips of basketball coverage of the hometown team now known as the Wizards. Its first single is “BNARD (Whateva Made U)”, a nostalgic song for the memories of growing up in DC, seasoned properly with crisp soul samples. The music video features Hicks hanging with the homies while occasional lyrics flicker into view. Though gentrification marches on changing DC unrecognizably, Hicks and others make sure we never forget its history.
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